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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES NV. COLONY,OF SANDY CREEK, NEW YORK.

FIRE AND WATER PROOF PAINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,911, dated September 9, 1884.

(N0 specimens.)

T 0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAS. W. COLONY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sandy Creek, in the county of Oswego and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fire and WVater Proof Paints; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to fire-proof and waterproof paints; and it consists in the novel composition of the following ingredients, conipounded together in the proportions and in the manner hereinafter set forth.

In order to prepare the black paint, I take one gallon of coal-tar or gas-tar; four pounds of pulverized stone orslate; onepound of common salt; onepound of red lead or white lead; one-half pound of alum; one-half pound of Venetian red; one-half pound of asbcstus; one pound of resin; onehalfpint of linseed-oil. I evaporate by heat the tar. to a suitable thickness, and then add the otheringredients. The

mixture is to be applied while hot.

alum, Venetian red, asbestus, resin, and 1inseed-oil, compounded together in the proportions and in the manner substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of ,two witnesses.

CHARLES IV. COLONY.

\Vitnesses:

A. M. BROWN, M. M. EARL. 

